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TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN MODELS OF BEARS (SITZENDER BÄR)

THE PORCELAIN MID-18TH CENTURY, FROM THE J.J. KÄNDLER MODEL OF CIRCA 1743, THE DECORATION AND MOUNTS OF LATER DATE

Price realisedUSD 7,170

EstimateUSD 8,000 - USD 12,000

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TWO ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN MODELS OF BEARS (SITZENDER BÄR)
THE PORCELAIN MID-18TH CENTURY, FROM THE J.J. KÄNDLER MODEL OF CIRCA 1743, THE DECORATION AND MOUNTS OF LATER DATE
Each seated in a playful position with its forepaws raised, the ogival base with milled edge and applied with snails and lizards, the trunk of a young tree at one side, one bear with its paws around the tree, the other with the tree at its right
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high overall (2)